Study it in the app“a wild donkey used to the wilderness, in the craving of her soul sniffing the wind; her heat, who can turn it back? All who seek her will not tire themselves; in her month they will find her.”
a wild donkeyפֶּרֶהusedלִמֻּדto the wilderness,מִדְבָּרin the cravingבְּאַוַּתof her soulנַפְשָׁהּsniffingשָׁאֲפָהthe wind;רוּחַher heat,תַּאֲנָתָהּwhoמִיcan turn it back?יְשִׁיבֶנָּהAllכָּלwho seek herמְבַקְשֶׁיהָwill notלֹאtire themselves;יִיעָפוּin her monthבְּחָדְשָׁהּthey will find her.יִמְצָאוּנְהָ
wild donkey
Wild donkey of the desert: a free animal no one tames. The image speaks of someone independent.
Where else “pere” appearsaccustomed
Used to something through practice, like an animal that always lives in the same place.
Where else “limud” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsdesire, craving
Desire: a strong wanting of something.
Where else “avat” appearsappetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nafsha” appearspant
To breathe hard, like a woman in labor.
Where else “shaafa” appearswind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appearsheat
The season when a female animal seeks a mate.
Where else “taanata” appearsbring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yeshive” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “mevakshe” appearsgrow tired
To run out of strength.
Where else “yiafu” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chadsha” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsau” appears23How can you say, ‘I have not defiled myself; after the Baals I have not gone’? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done, a young camel, swift, entangling her ways,
24 · This verse (above)
25Keep your foot from going barefoot and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! No, for I love strangers, and after them I will go.’
